A Light on the Hill

A Time to Turn

Turning with the change of season I find a simple symmetryTurning inwardBeyond busy communal livingTo spaces of my own mind and garden. There is a sloughing…

Retreat to Meditation

I’m in God’s dry dock.Hoisted from water’s reach,Out of my element,Set aside from the tide,Perched,Still,Silent. A very strange feeling. Sitting,Looking,ListeningTo nothing but myself,While the barnaclesAnd the…

The Covid Prayer

I’m washing my handsOf this whole Covid thing.It’s gone on long enough!That testing queue aint testing covid,It’s jolly well testing me!I’m just so staggered by what I see –From media beatups to rulebook flouters,That the case is clearly madeFor adults…

Waiting in Covid

What a strange world!So much is changed. Opportunities gone,Still, much remains. We hear the psalmist cryHow long will you forget us Lord?How long will you hide from…

Discovering Grace

Wish I were betterIn lots of ways. Like the small child,We peer from behindThe doorLeft slightly ajar. Journeying life’s road.Seen a fair bit.Good at doing.Not so…